9. The Hammond Organ Division
Now let’s take a look at the Organ specifics. At its heart, the SKX is a full-featured genuine
Hammond Organ that responds like the legendary B-3 and has all the components that you’d expect
to find on a vintage instrument.
Harmonic Drawbars
The SKX has two sets of Harmonic Drawbars, one for each Keyboard. There are also two Drawbars
for controlling the Pedal/Manual Bass tones. Pressing the UPPER ON and/or LOWER ON buttons
to the left of the Drawbars will turn the Drawbars “ON” for the keyboard indicated,
The Drawbars select the different harmonics that make up your tone just as on the legendary B-3.
There’s no right or wrong way to set these — find the tone you like.
When a Patch is selected, the Drawbar settings will change internally to match the Patch. You can
change the Drawbars “on the fly” for an instant edit of the Patch, but when you select the Patch
again, the original Drawbar setting of the Patch will return.